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George Wells Beadle

George Wells Beadle
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George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. He served as the 7th president of the University of Chicago from 1961 to 1968.

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Who was born first?

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  1. Andrey KolmogorovApril 25, 1903 – October 20, 1987
  2. George Wells Beadle (this page)October 22, 1903 – June 9, 1989
  3. Georges de RhamSeptember 10, 1903 – October 7, 1990
  4. Hugo TheorellJuly 6, 1903 – August 15, 1982
  5. Lars OnsagerNovember 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976
  6. W. V. D. HodgeJune 17, 1903 – July 7, 1975

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